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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter VI, "The Robinson Affair".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of business does Jakob own?
(a) Shipping and consignment.
(b) Publishing.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Marketing and sales.

2. What is the significance of the lift boy that passes Karl and Robinson while Karl is sneaking Robinson into the dormitory?
(a) He is running from the fight in the dormitory.
(b) He has been called to clean the light shaft.
(c) He has been called to cover Karl's lift.
(d) He has a message for the head waiter.

3. How does Karl feel when he realizes that the stoker could probably physically overpower everyone in the office?
(a) Amused.
(b) Angry.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Comforted.

4. If the plan to find jobs in Butterford does not work out, what does Robinson suggest they will need to do?
(a) Go to California and pan for gold.
(b) Go to Boston and find work on a fishing boat.
(c) Go back to New York and work for Jakob.
(d) Go to Chicago and work in a slaughterhouse.

5. What criticism of Schubal does the captain make?
(a) Schubal is becoming too independent.
(b) Schubal is often missing from his station.
(c) Schubal needs to learn to speak better German.
(d) Schubal is rumored to favor Slovaks and Romanians.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Karl's mood change during dinner at the Pollunder's house?

2. Where does Brunelda say that Karl can sleep when he first arrives at the apartment?

3. What do Delamarche and Robinson criticize about Jakob's company?

4. When Karl is wandering through the vast Pollunder house, what is he reminded of?

5. How does Karl's relationship with Rennel show that Karl has not grown much from his experiences?

(see the answer key)

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